Show N S Nr a r 4 L L' L 4 j A I If f 4 t MIKE IKE PHILLIPS Uintah 22 and Kirk Hancock Uintah 32 try to get free for lor a possible pass by a Ute tile The Utes were defeated by Logan logon and Jordan Jordon in the first and second rounds of the 3 A 3 A State Tournament last week 5 t rJ r t k ci PAT JENKINS 10 of the Bugs center dribbles the ball toward the Bugs' Bugs goal Dinos with visible numbers in the picture are left to right Ned Seitz 33 Cory Kellog 5 and Scott Scotti t. t i Peterson 10 lOi nn t f S i p t r STERLING NELSON 3 3 center of the Bugs duels down the floor with the basketball Other h nearby are Ned Seitz 33 Dinos Pat Jenkins 10 Bugs and Jim Anderson 13 Dinos Bingham Miners edge Pleasant Grove Vikings for A 3 title Last Saturday the Bingham Dingham Miners bagged first place in the Class 3 A 3 A State Stale Basketball Tournament when they nipped the Pleasant Grove Vikings 56 to 55 in ht overtime at the University of Utah's Special Events Center in Salt Lake City The Miners led after aCter the first quarter 16 to 13 Bingham increased its lead to seven n points 30 to 23 at the end of the second quarter IN Till TIIE THIRD quarter the Vikings from Pleasant Grove tied lied the score at 39 Pleasant Grove had a 49 to 47 lead late inthe inthe in inthe the fourth quarter However the Vikings turned the ball over and Bingham Hingham scored a field goal to tie lie the game at 49 Bingham ingham had the final shot of the fourth quarter but Bob Hob Beers' Beers footer 15 was not good and thus the game went into overtime Bingham's Fred Roberts tapped the ball through the hoop but the tip was ruled by referee Doug Toole as being too late The Miners jumped out to a point four-point lead early in the overtime period due to two two- pointers by Fred Roberts and Bob Beers Jeers The Vikings behind two Iwo field ld goals by Tom K Strasburg tied tiN the score at 53 51 5 Fred Roberts of Bingham Hingham tossed in one of two free throw attempts to give the Miners a 54 5 lead with 47 seconds remaining The Vikings played keep away and then called a timeout with 17 seconds left inthe in inthe inthe the contest Tom Strasburg fired a 15 footer 15 with four seconds left The shot was no good and Brett Diamond of Bingham Hingham c captured the rebound DIAMOND was fouled fouk-d on the rebound of the missed Pleasant Grove shot The free throws were tossed through the hoop to give Bingham Hingham a 56 to Si 53 lead with two seconds left in the game Raymond Haymond Walker scored the final Viking field goal to m make the final score stoie Bingham Hingham 56 and Pleasant Grove Giove 55 The Miners liners were led by Fred Fied l Roberts with 16 points Pleasant Groves Grove's Raymond Haymond Walker had 2 25 23 counters Logan captured third place inthe inthe in inthe the A 3 tourney due to a 79 to l 69 9 win in in over Murray J Davis avis placed fourth in the tourney when hen they edged American Fork 67 07 to 66 in overtime Jordan captured fifth pla place e consolation honors due to a 69 9 to 51 win over Judge FINAL FIN standings in the theIA A 3 State Tournament were Bingham first Pleasant Grove second Logan third Davis fourth Jordan fifth Murray sixth American Fork seventh and Judge eighth Jordan High School just barely edged Uintah 55 to 52 inthe inthe in inthe the second day of action for both teams After surviving the close contest st with Uintah Jordan thumped Payson 58 to 42 and blasted Judge 69 9 to 51 to easily win the consolation title Springville bombed Jordan inthe inthe in inthe the f first day of the tourney 69 to ton n 11 51 but did not place in the tourney due to losses in the championship bracket to lx loan Kogan gan and Davis |